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February 11, 2026 testimony submitted to the Kansas House Committee on K-12 Education Budget in support of House Bill 2482. The speaker, Noah Tyler, Chief Strategy Officer at Classic Learning Test (CLT), explains CLT’s origin as an alternative to SAT/ACT and its validity for assessing college-readiness skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. The statement highlights CLT’s distinctive classic-literacy foundations, calculator-free quantitative reasoning, and nationwide adoption through partnerships with 330+ colleges, alongside state-level assessment choice reforms.

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To: Kansas House Committee on K-12 Education Budget

Re: HB 2482

CLT background and assessment design

Adoption growth and assessment choice legislation

Position on HB 2482 and closing

February 11th, 2026 # To: Kansas House Committee on K-12 Education Budget Re: HB 2482 Chairman Goetz, Vice Chair Brantley, Ranking Member Ousley, and members of the committee:Thank you forthe opportunity to testify in favor of House Bill 2482. I am the Chief Strategy Officer at Classic Learning Test, also known as CLT. The CLT is afast-growing alternative to the SAT and ACT that was created in 2015 by a former teacher andSAT test prep company owner. When the other tests were rewritten in 2014 to align withCommon Core, many of the schools our founder worked with were unhappy with the changes.But no alternative existed. So, he decided to make one himself. He admits that while most people saw the need, the responses he received were overwhelminglynegative. Most thought he’dbe crazy to compete with the College Board, maker of the SAT, andthe ACT with their billionsin cash. After all, the SAT and ACT have enjoyed a duopoly sinceDwight Eisenhower was president. But he created the CLT anyway with fewer than 100 studentsin the first testing cohort and only 2 colleges willing to accept the scores. Similar to the other college entrance exams, the CLT is a valid and reliable assessment of criticalreading, writing, and mathematics skills used for college admissions. The CLT is neverthelessunique because itis rooted in a classic approach to education that prioritizes deep literacy,high-level grammar and writing skills, and mathematical achievement and ability independent oftechnology. The CLT’s reading passages are sourced primarily from classic texts of philosophy,science, and literature — from Plato to Fredrick Douglass, from Isacc Newton to Albert Einstein.And the CLT Quantitative Reasoning section has a focus on complex arithmetic, algebra,geometry, trigonometry, and logic, with no calculators allowed. The 10 years since the CLT was launched have proven that there is a strong desire for choiceamong college admissions exams. We now partner with more than 330 colleges and universitiesacross the country. These include the entire public university systems of North Carolina, Florida,and Arkansas, the University of Oklahoma, the University ofNew Mexico, the U.S. Serviceacademies, and more. In 2025, an average of 3 new colleges per month began accepting the CLT.And the number of students who choose to make use of a CLT exam has grown from 25,000 justfour years ago to nearly 200,000 in 2025. February 11th, 2026 A key reason for this growthis because policymakers in several states have recognized that theSAT or ACT had been written into their state laws, providing a government-protected barrier tocompetition. Florida was the first to enact assessment choice legislation in 2023. Just last spring, policymakersin Arkansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Texas and Louisiana also similar reforms. We at CLT do not support HB 2482 because we expect Kansas highschools to switch en massefrom the ACT to the CLT. In fact, this bill could beenacted and not a single Kansas studentcould come our way. Instead, we support this bill because the CLT stands as proof that thereismore than one option in college entrance exams and that many students, high schools, andinstitutions of higher education want to have options. Sincerely, Noah Tyler Chief Strategy OfficerClassic Learning Initiatives LLC

FAQs

Who is providing the testimony, and on whose behalf?

Noah Tyler, Chief Strategy Officer at Classic Learning Test (CLT), provides the testimony on behalf of Classic Learning Initiatives LLC.

What makes CLT different from SAT and ACT according to the document?

CLT is described as rooted in a classic education approach, emphasizing deep literacy, high-level grammar and writing, and a mathematics section focused on complex arithmetic through logic with no calculators allowed.

Why does CLT support HB 2482?

The testimony states CLT supports HB 2482 because it demonstrates that multiple college admissions exam options exist and that students, high schools, and higher-education institutions want choice.

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